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Blackberry Network is Down

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hate-when-that-happens dept.

Brian writes "According to CNET and others, "A system failure at Research In Motion has affected BlackBerry users in the Western Hemisphere, a news channel reported on its Web site late on Tuesday. The infrastructure failed on Tuesday night, and e-mails were not being delivered to the handheld devices.""

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  1. Crap! by Gen.+Malaise · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I have to go in to work and explain that I dont control the Blackberry network........Cmon RIM!!

  2. I feel a disturbance in the net... by cnelzie · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...as though a million voices just cried out and were suddenly silenced.

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    1. Re:I feel a disturbance in the net... by Compact+Dick · · Score: 5, Funny

      Voices? Silenced?

      Much you have to learn, young PDAwan.

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    2. Re:I feel a disturbance in the net... by God'sDuck · · Score: 5, Funny

      Much you have to learn, young PDAwan.
      Dear Sir, please send payment for:
      • 1: New Coffee
      • 1: New Monitor
      to: 123 Fake street, Fakeville, NY, 12345. Thank you.
  3. There's some other coverage on this.... by 8127972 · · Score: 5, Informative

    .... In the following locations:

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM .20070418.wblackberry18/BNStory/Business/home
    http://www.wnbc.com/news/12339359/detail.html

    But I can verify that their network is up (sort of) and Engaget.com confirms this:

    http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/blackberry-o utage-update-its-kinda-up-253214.php

    So YMMV.

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  4. must resist Great Disturbance In The Force joke... by ScentCone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because millions of voices really ARE crying out in pain. Man, the cooler we make things, and the more that entire business cultures get built around this stuff, the more fragile it is. Just think of the war stories we're going to hear about people who've come to utterly depends on their Crackberries having lost a deal, not heard that a critical server was down, not realized that a surgery had been rescheduled, and so on. I wouldn't make a living if people didn't depend on fancy networked technologies, but it sure does feel like a house of cards, some days.

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  5. Re:OH NO! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First Post!

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  6. Re:Better headline needed by AugustZephyr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone have a mobile link for the website. I can't seem to connect to it on my blackberry.

  7. Re:Better headline needed by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blackberry Jam.

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  8. Re:It IS a house of cards by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean... just ... maybe ... a few million managers could die? May I get my hopes up?

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